"guinea pig director" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: guinea pig directors [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|head=guinea pig director}} guinea pig director (plural guinea pig directors)
  1. (dated, colloquial) A company director (usually one holding a number of directorships) who serves merely or mainly for the fee (in England, often a guinea) paid for attendance. Tags: colloquial, dated
    Sense id: en-guinea_pig_director-en-noun-cuhNQDEp

Inflected forms

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